Asaib Ahl Al-haq

Two thousand members and supporters of Iraq's powerful Shiite militias demonstrated on Wednesday against Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shiite cleric which sparked a regional row.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi rejected the need for foreign troops to fight ISIS after the Untied States said on Tuesday it was deploying a special operations force, which powerful Shia Muslim militias pledged to attack.

Iraq's huge offensive to retake Tikrit from the Islamic State group is being stalled by bombs planted by the jihadists holding out in the city, a militia spokesman said today.

Iraq's government once battled entrenched Shiite militiamen but is now making common cause with them against a jihadist-led onslaught that Baghdad's forces are struggling to contain on their own.

Two thousand members and supporters of Iraq's powerful Shiite militias demonstrated on Wednesday against Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shiite cleric which sparked a regional row.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi rejected the need for foreign troops to fight ISIS after the Untied States said on Tuesday it was deploying a special operations force, which powerful Shia Muslim militias pledged to attack.

Iraq's huge offensive to retake Tikrit from the Islamic State group is being stalled by bombs planted by the jihadists holding out in the city, a militia spokesman said today.

Iraq's government once battled entrenched Shiite militiamen but is now making common cause with them against a jihadist-led onslaught that Baghdad's forces are struggling to contain on their own.